three desperate women

Chapter 134 The milk tea business is under construction

Pei Ziyang and Liu Yini sat in a small milk tea beverage shop, ordered a cup of milk tea each, and added a lot of ingredients.

"How is it?" Pei Ziyang asked.

"Does it taste? That's it! So sweet!" Liu Yini replied.

"What about the decoration?" Pei Ziyang asked again.

"It's very popular and youthful, but basically few people sit down to drink milk tea, and it feels like they order takeaway."

"Yes, they are all drinking while walking, fast-moving products, most young people are restless, and few can sit still."

"Aren't they dating or chatting?" Liu Yini asked.

"Ha! Do you think college dating is the same now as we were back then?"

"That's right, now we're going straight to the point, no one is Plato!"

With straws in their mouths, the two looked up at each other, and then burst out laughing.

The milk tea shop is small, and the laughter echoed like that, causing the young people who lined up to order food to look back at the two middle-aged aunts frequently.

The two had no choice but to restrain themselves, pursed their lips and smiled, and then chatted in a low voice.

"When we were in college, we were always excited to hold a little hand. Now you look at the young people, the times are different."

"Yeah, it's more unrestrained and free now.

Ziyang, if you don’t need dine-in, there’s no need to make the shop too big, right? "Liu Yini nodded and said.

"That's for sure, let me tell you, the more famous the shop is, the more popular the shop is, it's all very small.

As soon as you enter the store, you can see only a few tables.Once the place gets bigger, people don't like to come here. Consumers have this mentality, things are rare and expensive. "

"Hey! Really, I like places with few people and don't like queuing, so I just like to be at home and don't like to go to places with many people.

Besides, Ziyang, it is really troublesome to open a small milk tea shop with such careful planning! "Liu Yini said with a sigh.

"Hehe, Ni Ni, you are not the kind of person to worry about. In fact, what you say is not troublesome, but if you like it, you don't find it troublesome!"

"That's right, Ziyang, you have the experience of running a supermarket, and you also like it, and you are enthusiastic and capable.

Boss Pei, you have to manage well so that I can work for you, so I won't worry too much, and I'll panic when I'm tired.

So, I had no choice but to hold your thigh, hehe"

"Then I have to work harder, just to let you hug your thigh.

However, Ni Ni, you said if I opened a coffee shop, would you be interested? "

"That must be! I just stood in the store and smelled the smell of roasted coffee, and I felt very happy."

Liu Yini's eyes widened and she spoke, her voice was a little high, she immediately shrank her neck and smiled awkwardly.

"Hehe, okay, I'll open a milk tea shop first, you can also come and smell the smell of brewed black tea, it will also make you feel better."

After the two of them drank the milk tea, Pei Ziyang took Liu Yini to another bigger milk tea franchise store.

She wiped her mouth with a tissue, took out her phone and looked at it, then put it back in her bag.

"Wait for the call?"

"No, that, Lao Jin said, if he is free, he can come and rent a store with me and help me palm my eyes."

"Lao Jin is very good."

Liu Yini looked at the embarrassed Pei Ziyang with a smile, and said casually.

Pei Ziyang immediately wanted to speak, but he choked on his own saliva and coughed a few times.

"What's the matter with you? Nervous?" Liu Yini teased.

"Ni Ni, did my mother tell you something?"

Pei Ziyang took Liu Yini's arm and asked.

"What did you say? Hehehe."

Liu Yini smiled and asked back, then looked at her with a smile on her mouth.

"You asked knowingly." Pei Ziyang's fair cheeks turned rosy, and he gave him a embarrassed look.

"Auntie just doesn't want you to be alone." Liu Yini stopped laughing at her, immediately took her arm and said calmly.

"However, you know my condition best, and I'm not divorced yet, so let's not think about the next step."

Pei Ziyang continued to walk forward, lowering his head and saying.

"Ziyang, no matter what the result is, I hope you will follow your heart, and we all hope you will be happy."

Liu Yini said while holding Pei Ziyang's hand, looked at her and said softly.

"I know." Pei Ziyang nodded and smiled.

The two of them hugged each other like that, walking on the warm sunny street in the spring of March, feeling happy.

"Have you seen Dr. Fang recently?" Liu Yini asked.

"Twice a week!" Pei Ziyang said.

"how do you feel?"

"Doctor Fang said that I have made great progress."

"What about sleep?" Liu Yini asked again.

"It's better. It may be that I have moved, renovated, and looked for shops recently. I am busy and tired. I slept well."

"People really can't be too idle!"

The two of them talked and opened the door of a large drink shop, walked in, and found a seat by the window.

There are still few people in the store, but there are many takeaway workers, who are all gathered at the front desk waiting to deliver orders.

"You drank a big cup of milk tea just now, can you still drink it?" Liu Yini asked.

"It is said that milk tea can make people fat, I'll try to see if it has any effect!" Pei Ziyang said with a smile.

"There are fewer people here than in the store just now!" Liu Yini said looking around.

"Their store is currently holding an event. Isn't this just the beginning of school, and participate in the activity of grabbing red envelopes with the platform. So there are relatively many takeaway orders now."

Pei Ziyang took out his mobile phone and opened WeChat, scanned the QR code on the table, and asked:

"what do you drink?"

"Oh my god, I don't drink milk tea anymore, it's too sweet, let's have a cup of coffee!"

"Can you sleep with coffee at this hour?"

"Whether I drink or not, I have to take medicine to sleep."

"What's wrong with you? Have you had trouble finding a job recently?"

"I haven't started searching yet. I'm exhausted just cooking two meals a day for my children. One is in the sixth grade and the other is in the first year of junior high school. If we take the senior high school entrance examination together, I will die of exhaustion!"

"Huh? Take the high school entrance exam together?" Pei Ziyang asked in surprise.

"Liu Nuoyi said that when I was in the first grade of junior high school, she would let me apply to skip a grade with the school. She has almost learned all the courses in the first grade of junior high school."

"Baby Nuoyi is really good. Can you keep up with the second year of junior high school? Did the second year of junior high school learn from the third year of junior high school? Now they are all ahead of schedule, and the children are very tired."

"Apply first, respect the opinions of the children, and rarely ask me one by one."

"Nuoyi is really good. It's good to raise a daughter."

Pei Ziyang said and looked out the window. The waiter brought her the milk tea and coffee she had ordered and gently placed them on the table.

"Ni Ni, come and taste."

"The coffee is okay, much better than I expected."

"Milk tea is also good. The tea tastes good and the milk tastes light. I want half sugar, which is not bad."

"The price is really expensive. The one just now had so many kinds of ingredients and it only cost [-]. This cup of coffee is [-]."

"Fortunately, the quality is good, after all, it is a brand franchise."

"Ziyang, if you don't make a brand, what will you do? Can you make milk tea?"

"Do you still remember the milk tea shop downstairs from Dr. Fang's clinic?"

"Did he give you a coupon too?" Liu Yini asked with a smile as she put the coffee cup on a small saucer.

"Haha, yes, I went to drink it specially. It tastes very good, not so sweet."

"His shop is super small, there is not even a seat, there is only a counter, and it can be taken away directly when it is ready."

"That's what I want. After I finished chatting with Dr. Fang, I stood next to the milk tea shop. The traffic is good, and there are a lot of takeaway orders."

"I remember, his family is full of handsome little boys, it seems to be a girl waiter."

"That's right, so girls line up to buy, and look at handsome guys by the way. This kind of marketing is also very good."

"Sell your hue?"

"It doesn't count. At best, it's pretty good. Young people still have to look at their faces."

"Then what about your equipment? Do you buy it online?"

"Well, I specifically asked Dr. Fang to introduce me to the owner of the milk tea shop, paid some tuition fees, and let me learn how to make milk tea in the shop.

It is said that his boss is a Hong Kong native, and he makes traditional silk stocking milk tea. "

"Made of stockings?"

"It's the kind of fabric that filters the tea leaves as dense as silk stockings, so you can't drink the bitter taste of the tea leaves, and it's very silky."

"Well, that's right. That's really traditional. Are they all boiled directly from tea bags now?"

"Yes, the technology is getting more and more sophisticated, but now handmade is popular, it sounds more precious, it's just a gimmick."

"When will Lao Jin come? Check your phone, don't miss the call."

"I just checked my phone, and I didn't come."

"Ziyang, do you miss Xiaoshu?"

"Well, I miss it very much, I miss it very much. When I saw a child as old as Xiaoshu in the community, I couldn't help but stop and take a look."

"Mother's instinct."

"I'm a bit regretful. Do you think Xiaoshu will hate me when he grows up? Didn't you bring him with you during the divorce?"

"Let's talk about it later. I'll give you a chance to explain. You have no choice but to help yourself. The child is smart and can understand."

"I really miss him. When my store is on the right track, I will hire a store manager, and I will have time to visit Xiaoshu."

"Immediately, it won't be needed for a month. You will basically finish it in more than 20 days. Then I will see the child."

"Ah."

After Pei Ziyang finished speaking, he turned his head and looked at the scenery outside the window. There were more and more people on the street. It should be that the college students had finished their classes and it was almost time to finish their meals.

"What time is the appointment?"

"Around four o'clock."

"Then let's go directly, maybe Lao Jin has arrived."

"Okay, let's go."

As soon as the two of them stepped out of the gate of the milk tea shop, they were overwhelmed by the hustle and bustle of young and energetic college students.

Seeing their thriving faces and innocent smiles, Pei Ziyang's mood improved along with them.

But when they came to the small shop, sure enough, Lao Jin was already smoking and chatting with the boss.

"Ziyang, are you here? Sister Ni Ni."

Lao Jin hurriedly pressed the cigarette in his hand into the ashtray, and greeted the two of them.

"Lao Jin, long time no see." After greeting Liu Yini, she began to observe the small shop.

Pei Ziyang looked at Lao Jin with a smile: "You came early? Why didn't you call me? Have you been waiting for a long time?"

"No, I've just arrived, so I'll check with the boss about the situation."

"Come in and sit down! Sisters."

Pei Ziyang followed the voice and looked at the landlord. He was a bald-headed elder brother who looked to be in his 40s, but he called his sister. She smiled and followed him in.

The storefront of this store is really very small, less than 10 square meters divided from a barbecue store. It turned out to be a small workshop for making fried snacks.

She had a very good discussion with the boss, so a rental agreement was reached immediately. The contract was drawn up by the boss in advance, adding some remark conditions negotiated by both parties.

The contract was signed, the rent was paid for one year, and an extra deposit of 5000 yuan was paid. The boss gave her the key of the small store.

After finally completing the first step of the milk tea shop, half of the big stone in Pei Ziyang's heart has been dropped, and the rest will be even more busy.

Pei Ziyang first went to the milk tea shop downstairs of Dr. Fang according to the original plan, and studied for a week, taking notes of all the equipment that could be used.

The time between learning how to make milk tea is to decorate the store. Although Lao Jin has already helped her find a decoration company, she is very willing to do it herself.

She personally participated in the decoration design of the milk tea shop, personally selected the decoration materials, went to the shop to watch the decoration workers work when she had time, chatted with the supervisor when she had nothing to do, and solved any problems that occurred during the decoration process together.

For more than 20 days, Pei Ziyang stood outside the counter door of the renovated milk tea shop, looking so happy that he wanted to cry.

Only by working hard day by day can I have a small business of my own, and the sense of accomplishment fills my whole body and mind.

"Happy?" Lao Jin said softly standing behind her.

She turned around, looked at the big dimple on Lao Jin's face, and smiled embarrassedly: "Happy! Thank you, Lao Jin!"

"Don't just be happy, are you ready for the trial opening tomorrow?"

"Everything is ready, but the waiter hasn't been recruited yet, so I can only be busy first."

"Do you have to be a young man?"

"Of course, handsome guys, the more handsome the better!"

"Monkey, Tongzi are all good!"

"Hahaha"

"It's really impossible, my old Jin's appearance can also raise your milk tea shop to a higher level, right?"

As Lao Jin said, he took off his small sunglasses and put them in the breast pocket of his suit, stroked his back with both hands, and smiled at her.

She immediately laughed too, then turned her head to look at her signboard, and put her trembling hands into the pockets of her coat.

The trial opening on the second day was very successful, and the opening of the new store also participated in the discount activities of the food delivery app.

Pei Ziyang even borrowed a waitress from the boss in Hong Kong to help her lead the shop with double salary until she found a suitable waiter.

Tong Zi, Hou Zi, Ni Ni, and Lao Jin, even Zhou You came to help. The milk tea was sold out, and all the prepared materials were sold out. It was only four o'clock in the afternoon, so we had no choice but to close the door early.

"Sister Ziyang, you haven't prepared enough materials?" Tong Zi said.

"Sister Ziyang, there is indeed a lot less, it seems that we will have to prepare some more tomorrow morning."

The waitress at the Hong Kong milk tea shop, named Zhang Xiaobei, also suggested to stock up more, but she smiled and said:

"No need, Xiaobei, tomorrow, you can still stock up according to today's quantity, or you will be too busy, and this is because of your help.

After a few days without your help, Xiaobei and I will have to take off in a hurry, as long as we have enough money, we will accept it when we see it! "

"Look, how smart the proprietress is. If you don't get greedy, your business will last!" Lao Jin said with a smile.

"Everyone go to my house, how about I treat you to hot pot? I have to thank everyone for helping me so much.

And I just moved to a new house, please help me warm the pot!Let's celebrate together! "

When everyone heard what she said, they all cheered and nodded happily.

A group of people, three cars, first went to a large supermarket, bought a lot of hot pot ingredients, and then slowly drove into the Tianxin Garden Community.

Everyone sat around the big round table in Pei Ziyang's newly renovated home. The table was full of ingredients, and the hot pot was bustling.

Liu Yini was the first to leave, went home to accompany the two children, and took Zhang Xiaobei home by the way.

Then, Zhou You helped Monkey and Tong Zi and the three left their new home one after another.

Lao Jin helped Pei Ziyang clean up the dining table, put the tableware into the dishwasher, and then walked to the door with two garbage bags.

"You put it at the door, and I will throw it away when I go out tomorrow morning."

"I happened to go downstairs, so I just threw it into the trash can in the corridor. You are tired all day, go to bed early."

Pei Ziyang looked at Lao Jin and smiled, but the phone suddenly rang loudly on the coffee table. She picked up the phone and saw that it was the number of Meng Haixi's hometown.

Her heart was already in her throat, her face immediately turned pale, and her hands trembled violently.

Lao Jin was putting on his shoes. Seeing her face, he didn't wear his shoes anymore, and the trash ran to her side.

"What's wrong? My face is all white."

"Yes, it's Meng Haixi, it's so late, is something wrong?"

"Hurry up and answer the phone, you won't know until you answer."

Only then did Pei Ziyang regain his senses, and immediately answered the phone. Lao Jin was standing behind her, already holding her arm.

"Sister? Ah, tell me, okay, where are you? I'll go right away."

Lao Jin ran to the door and put Pei Ziyang's overcoat on her. She was already crying, and walked to the door with Lao Jin's support.

"It's okay, Ziyang, I'm here, I didn't drink, I'll drive you, where are you going?"

Lao Jin supported Pei Ziyang to sit down on the shoe-changing stool at the door, and knelt down on one knee to help her put on her shoes. He noticed that she was shaking all over.

"Children's Hospital."

(End of this chapter)